Miguel Barragan

Miguel Barragan (8 March 1789-1 March 1836) was President of Mexico from 28 January 1835 to 27 February 1836, succeeding Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and preceding Jose Justo Corro. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Mexico.

Biography
Miguel Barragan was born in Ciudad del Maiz, San Luis Potosi, New Spain in 1789, and he rose to the rank of Brigadier-General in the Mexican Army during the Mexican War of Independence. He and other ex-insurgents joined a conspiracy against Emperor Agustin de Iturbide, and he, Guadalupe Victoria, and Nicolas Bravo were arrested. In 1824, following the fall of the First Mexican Empire, he served as military commander of Veracruz, and he oversaw the capture of Veracruz from the Spanish in 1825, ending their presence on the Mexican mainland. From 1825 to 1828, Barragan served as Governor of Veracruz, and he took part in the 1827 uprising against President Guadalupe Victoria. He was exiled to Ecuador, Guatemala, and the United States for his role in the uprising, but he was called back by President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, serving as Minister of War from 1833 to 1834 and suppressing rebels in Jalisco. In 1835, he replaced Santa Anna as President on an interim basis, as Santa Anna decided to become commander-in-chief of the Mexican Army. He served until February 1836, when he resigned due to falling sick with typhus, and he died days later.